The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-03-24
O. Selvig, postmaster. at Wilmer resigr
ed. He has held the position nearly min

| O. Selvig, postmaster, at Wilmer resign
ed. He has held the position nearly nine
years.
DR.. R. B. Hoyt, for the last year a resi-
dent OF Mankato. died very suddenly, being
stricken down with apoplexy. He was q
native OF Connecticut.
| J. A. Schonweiler OF kellogg, Goodhue
county, has been appointed adm inistrator
of the estate OF the late Henry Etting oi
| Greenfield. Judge OF Probate Collier hav.
ing recently decided that the will alleged to
have been executed Immediately prior to
Fittings death is void. The value of the
estate is 100000.
The total March school apportionment
Tor Mower county, just distributed by the
county auditor, is S12 653.45. This in.
cludes 50, ,276.O4 from the state. The city
OF Austin receives $2,673.5O OF this.
| Secretary OF State Mattson has been re-
ceiving letters from various parts OF the
state making inquiries as to the new law
relative to the filling OF vacancies occur
ring in boards OF county commissioners
| One of the letters received by the secretary
was answered by him and the answer given
conveys the desired information to those
who are in doubt. 1t is as follows: The
new law is now in force. In case Of vacan
cy the auditor OF the county shall at once
|
tive town boards and presiding officers o
the village or city within the district
where there is a vacancy. Such chairmen,
or majority OF them, shall assemble at
the court house and appoint or elect a
person who is a resident OF the district to
fill the vacancy, and he shall hold the OF
| flee until the next general election.
The blocade on the Winona & st. Peter
railroad was raised on the 18th on the
main line and all the branches. The road
is all clear now for the first time in four
| months.
The Y. M. c. A. OF st Paul secure O site
for their new 500, 600 building.
The Goodhue county grand jury have
| found an Indictment against George Steig.
| er and Mrs. STAGE both of Belvidere, for
adultery,
A few weeks ago Henry Etting an ex-
tensive property owner. OF Kellogg, Waba-
| sha county, died, and it was alleged by
some OF the heirs that he had made a will
giving all his property to his wife. Some
of his children were OF the opinion that the
will was not legitimate, on the ground that
undue influences were used to produce 1t.
The latter theory WAS vindicated when at
the hearing had recently. Hon. f. j. Col
lier, judge OF probate, held tn at the alleged
will was void, and thereupon j. A. Schou.
weller, OF Kellogg, was appointed admins
TRAITOR OF the estate. The property in
question is valued at $40, 600.
The total special and current appropria.
| tions for the state charitable and correc.
tional institutions made by the late legis.
lAture amounts to $677 800 for 1887:
| $75S, $40 for 1888; $711, $40 for 1889.
This includes the st. Peter and Rochester
hospitals, the deaf, blind and feeble mind,
| ed schools, the state public school, the
state reform school and the state prison.
The appropriations for these institutions
Tor the year ending July 81, 1885, was
$465, $40; for 1886, 1851, 97O.
The Meade murder trial will probab bly, be
called on the 26th at st. Paul. 1t is the
only case in the criminal calendar for the
term. Gov. Davis, and w. w. Erwin,
counsel for the defense. are quite prepared
to meet the issue and there will probably
be no delay.
Gov. McGill has appointed Joseph w.
Reynolds OF Herman, Grant county, as
counsel to prosecute cases in behalf OF set.
tiers in Traverse county and other parts
OF the state where settlers are living on
what is known as indemnity land. The
appointment is in pursuance OF an act o.,
the late legislature by which such an an.
pointment was authorized by the Costello
law. =
Among the civil CASES to be tried at Aus.
tin is that Of Edwin M. Barnard va. The
Trustees OF the Grand Meadow Village
School District for the expulsion OF tho
formers boy. The case involves the au.
thority OF q teacher to require a pupil to
bring in fuel.
At Brownsville, Ashley Cameron's resi-.
dencs was totally burned.